(A)
"Bad debt," "charity care," "courtesy care," and
"contractual allowances" have the same meanings given these terms in
regulations adopted under Title XVIII of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C.
1395 et seq.

(B)
"Cost reporting period" means the twelve-month period
used by a hospital in reporting costs for purposes of Title XVIII of the
"Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.

(C)
"Disproportionate share hospital" means a hospital
that meets the definition of a disproportionate share hospital in rules adopted
under section 5168.02 of the Revised Code.

(D)
"Federal poverty line" means the official poverty line
defined by the United States office of management and budget based on the most
recent data available from the United States bureau of the census and revised
by the United States secretary of health and human services pursuant to the
"Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981," section 673(2), 42 U.S.C.
9902(2).

(E)
"Governmental hospital" means a county hospital with
more than five hundred registered beds or a state-owned and -operated hospital
with more than five hundred registered beds.

(1)
"Hospital" means a nonfederal hospital to which either of the following
applies:

(a)
The
hospital is registered under section 3701.07 of the Revised Code as a general
medical and surgical hospital or a pediatric general hospital, and provides
inpatient hospital services, as defined in 42 C.F.R. 440.10;

(b)
The hospital is recognized under the medicare program
as a cancer
hospital and is exempt from the medicare prospective payment system.

(2)
"Hospital" does not include a hospital operated by a health insuring
corporation that has been issued a certificate of authority under section
1751.05 of the Revised Code or a hospital that does not charge patients for
services.

(1)
The total of assessments to be paid in a program year by all hospitals under
section 5168.06 of the Revised Code, less the assessments
deposited into the legislative budget services fund under section
5168.12 of the Revised Code and into the health care
services administration fund created under section 5162.54 of
the Revised Code;

(2)
The total
amount of intergovernmental transfers required to be made in the same program
year by governmental hospitals under section 5168.07 of
the Revised Code, less the amount of transfers deposited into the legislative
budget services fund under section 5168.12 of
the Revised Code and into the health care services administration fund created
under section 5162.54 of the Revised Code;

(3)
The total amount of federal matching funds that will be made available in the
same program year as a result of funds distributed by the department of
medicaid to hospitals under section
5168.09 of the Revised Code.

(H)
"Intergovernmental transfer" means any transfer of money by a governmental
hospital under section 5168.07 of the Revised Code.

(I)
"Medicaid services" has the same meaning as in section
5164.01 of the Revised Code.

(J)
"Program year" means a period beginning the first day of October, or a later
date designated in rules adopted under section 5168.02 of
the Revised Code, and ending the thirtieth day of September, or an earlier date
designated in rules adopted under that section.

(K)
"Registered
beds" means the total number of hospital beds registered with the department of
health, as reported in the most recent "directory of registered hospitals"
published by the department of health.

(L)
"Third-party payer" means any person or government
entity that may be liable by law or contract to make payment to or on behalf of
an individual for health care services. "Third-party payer" does not include a
hospital.

(M)
"Total
facility costs" means the total costs for all services rendered to all
patients, including the direct, indirect, and overhead cost to the hospital of
all services, supplies, equipment, and capital related to the care of patients,
regardless of whether patients are enrolled in a health insuring corporation,
excluding costs associated with providing skilled nursing services in
distinct-part nursing facility units, as shown on the hospital's cost report
filed under section 5168.05 of the Revised Code. Effective October 1,
1993, if rules adopted under section 5168.02 of
the Revised Code so provide, "total facility costs" may exclude costs
associated with providing care to recipients of any of the governmental
programs listed in division (B) of that section.